[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26979]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Modify Consent Decree 
Under Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment To Modify 
Consent Decree in United States v. USS/KOBE Steel Company, Case No. 
1:92CV1928, was lodged on September 25, 1998 with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The proposed First 
Amendment modifies a consent decree that was entered by the district 
court on November 23, 1992, in an action brought under the Clean Air 
Act.
    The proposed First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree requires the 
defendant to pay a stipulated penalty in the amount of $440,000 and 
modifies some of the injunctive relief provided for in the original 
consent decree that was entered in 1992 by adding continuous emission 
monitoring, an interim CO limit, and significantly increased stipulated 
penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating the proposed 
First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed 
to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin 
Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. 
USS/KOBE Steel Company, Case No. 1:92CV1928, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1714A.
    The proposed First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree may be 
examined at any of the following offices: (1) the United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 
Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2600 (contact Assistant 
U.S. Attorney Arthur I. Harris); (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Debra Klassman); and (3) at 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Third Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed Consent 
Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction charge) 
payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26979 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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